Ellison Bennett Awards and Achievements 6336 Antietam Dr. Pensacola, Fl. 32503 Ph. #: (850) 494-1298 Ellison Bennett was born on November 11, 1952 in Pensacola, Florida. He attended high school at Booker T. Washington and graduated with his high school diploma. Mr. Bennett interned as an embalmer and a funeral director at C.E. Holmes Funeral Home in Haines City, Florida from 1974-1975. He is currently a member of the First Baptist Church in Warrington, Florida. *Mr. Bennett is available for speaking engagements.*

George Edgecomb Bar Association 1986, Tampa, Florida Youngest Black Elected City Commissioner 1984-1987, Haines City, Florida Opportunity Council 1983-1989, Polk County, Florida Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award 1986, Haines City, Florida Oakland Community Award 1987, Oakland, Florida George Ganse Achievement Award 1988, Bartow, Florida Livingston Ivy Jr. Award 2001, (Fiesta Five Flags) Reverend H.K. Matthews Award 2004, (Fiesta Five Flags) President of Chapter SCLC 1998-2004, Pensacola, Florida (2004 - Chapter of the Year National Award) Vietnam Veteran Former City Police Officer Haines City, Florida Name is on the "Wall of Tolerance" at the Civil Rights Memorial Center Montgomery, Alabama